Monthly Archives: July 2021

Hoosier Pied Piper of Doom: The eastside genesis of Rev. Jim Jones, Part 1

July 22, 2021 | by Al Hunter

This story originally ran in 2009. As I write this, news reports run on the television all day long marking the anniversary of demented Reverend Jim Jones’ massacre of 900 members of the People’s Temple church in Jonestown, Guyana, which followed the murder of 9 people (including one U.S. Congressman) … Read More

Olympics

July 22, 2021 | by Steve Nicewanger

This week the Tokyo Olympic games begin. The biggest mystery is now the COVID-19 virus. There will be no fans in the stands as the athletes will compete in front of the world cameras. There’s lots of testing of athletes and some have tested positive for the virus and can’t … Read More

The Return of Chinoiserie

July 22, 2021 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

There are those design elements that trend and then pass into oblivion. Then there are those that are always with us. Sometimes they are at the forefront, monopolizing every furniture showroom and magazine cover and other times they are pushed to the back of the shelf or even boxed up … Read More

Code Switching

July 22, 2021 | by CJ Woods III

“You have a good vocabulary,” the man said to my youngest daughter. Lauren responded, “My father is the Master of the Language.” The man’s sarcastic rejoinder was, “Self-described?” Lauren’s reply was to the effect that her father could back up the boast. When I was an artist for an electrical … Read More

100 Years Ago: July 23-29

July 22, 2021 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, July 27, 1921: The proposed World War memorial plaza project is endangered unless Indianapolis takes action to furnish the building site, according to Dr. Victor Keene, Indiana national committeeman of the American Legion. The first hearing on the remonstrance against the project will be held … Read More